User talk:Canadian Jane Holland

Copyright problems with John Jeffery Holland
Hello. Concerning your contribution, John Jeffery Holland, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.thepeachgallery.com/upcoming.html. As a copyright violation, John Jeffery Holland appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. John Jeffery Holland has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:


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However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While contributions are appreciated, Wikipedia must require all contributors to understand and comply with its copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. 216.93.234.239 (talk) 04:02, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Canadian Jane Holland. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Tgeairn (talk) 04:07, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Why it was deleted
You said on the talk page "This Biography of John Jeffery Holland, was written by him, which ensures copyright, was given to the Peach Gallery by John Jeffery Holland for their use in promoting the artist's sales of paintings at their gallery. John Jeffery Holland is having a one-man show at the Gallery and they were given this very Bio.The same biography is currently on view at the Joyner-Waddington Art Auctions, Toronto, for HGTV and is used for all promotional opportunities". First, you misunderstand about the copyright issue. Wikipedia does not allow copyright text to be imported here. This is because Wikipedia is licensed under CC-BY-SA for reuse anywhere by anyone, and text that is copyright is not free for reuse. Please see WP:COPYVIO for more details. Second, Wikipedia is not a promotional opportunity. This is an encyclopaedia, not social media or a directory. We do not allow advertising, and your addition of the contact and viewing on Facebook info was considered advertising. Third, subjects for articles here need to have notability shown and referenced. This is our definition of notability, and the policy that is relevant is WP:ARTIST, and claims to notability must be referenced with reliable independent sources WP:RS. These must be independent of the subject and verifiable WP:V. This means they must be able to be checked. Letters from people, blogs, wikis, own sites, wordpress or blogspot pages, Facebook, Amazon and so on are no good for this purpose. Nor are profiles or listings at gallery sites. Profiles are mostly subject supplied, and listings don't count as 'coverage' for our purposes. If you want help in working out whether or not to try again (with fresh text...), have a look at the Teahouse WP:TEAHOUSE where the hosts and hostesses are friendly and helpful (unlike me - I'm a miserable blighter with an axe...). Good luck with the career revival. Peridon (talk) 10:18, 11 November 2012 (UTC)